Turn-up-table



July 11, 1933. K. SPITZ 1,917,336

TURN-UP-TABLE Filed June 1. 1932.

INVENTOR Patented July 11, 1933 UN E TA S KARL srrrz OF VIENNA, AUSTRI aresume- ABL iApplicationfiled. June 1, 1932,'Seria1 No. 614, 677,and11'1" Austria me 3, 1931.

The invention relates to turn-up tables *which can befastened to anupright support suchas a walllor a post, the'principal object of mylnvention being to provide an unproved 5, turn-up table for Compartmentsin railwaycarriages. 'Accordi-ng to this invention the table has a pivotmember'w-hich'slides in a guide member which is fastened to the support(wall, post) The guide member and the pivot member are constructed sothat the table in its inoperative position is nearly parallel to thesupport (to the wall). When said table is turned downwardly it is lockedin a plane which'is nearly perpendicular to the support, i. e. in ahorizontal plane.

The drawing represents an embodiment of my invention in, its operativeposition. Fig. 1 is adongitudinal vertical section through the table andFig. 2 a plan-view thereof.

The wall 1 which constitutes the-support of the turn-up table carries anearly vertical guide member 2, which preferably consists of two parts,namely of a base plate 3 and anouter vertically slotted bar 4. The topof bar et is unslotted. The guide channel is located between said bar 4'and the plate 3. The

' curved carrying arm 7 of the table has flat vertical walls and saidarm is guided in avertical and longitudinal slot 5 of the outer face ofbar 4, so that lateral swinging movement of the table is prevented. Aslidable pivot member 6 is integral with the inner curved end of arm 7The carrying arm 7 of the table extends outwardly through thelongitudinal slot 5 and carries the tableboard 8. The upper surface ofthe pivot member 6 is flat. The lower curved surface of the pivot member6 is shaped like a portion of a cylinder. The height of the pivot memberequals the width of the guide channel.

At its upper end the guide channel has a substantially cylindricalenlargement 8 the radius of curvatureof which approximativelycorresponds to the radius of curvatureof the cylindrical lower surfaceof pivot '6. The wall plate 3 of the guide member 2 has a shoulder whichprovides a'stop 9.- As shown in Fig. 1, the flat face 10 of thepivotmember i in position. (Fig.

.6 abuts the stop 9 when the member. 8 turned to thehorizontal position.V Y

Tn'i'ts inoperative position the table 8 is nearly parallel to the'wall1 and thepivot memberfi islocated at the lower end of the guide member 2with'its flat face 10 abutting thewallplate 3 of "said guide. In orderto; move thetable Sinto its operative position, said table and thepivotmember 6 are slid u'p- V wardl-y Withinjtheguide channel until the pivotmember enters the enlargement 8'- and abuts the top end of the guidechannel. In

this position the table maybe turned downwardly; The pivot member 6 isturned in the cylindrical enlargement 8 until thefiat (6A5 I face lOofthe pivot member abuts the stop 9 whereby said pivotand-Jthe table areheld Instead of the arrangement represented in member is Lemployed,said, pivot member being aligned with tllG'lIlQCllitIl part of thetable, afpluralityo'f such pivots, e. g. two pivots can be provided. 7In this case no pro vision must be madein order. to avoid a lateralswinging movement of the table, as the pivotswill bev in alignment with.each other. The shapeof the pivot member may be varied without departingfrom the invention. Likewise, the inclination of the" table with respectto the support may, be

varied. Y A table madeaccording to my invention I occupies a verysmall'space. In its operative position, the table does ,not require astayor 785 a spreader and, moreover, it requires only a single bearing,while in the known foldingtables two bearings'or hinges are required.

Having now described the nature and the 1s. e .v I

1. A table device comprisinga guide meniher, a table, a tablesarmconnected to'said table only at one end thereof, said table-arm a,

being 'slidable with respect to said guide, and 95 b-eing'also turnableonly within one end of said guide, but being non-turnable' within theremainder of said guide, means adapted to v I the drawing ,in 'whichonly a single pivot 9 v objectjof my invention, what I claim as new, 1 l

said end of said guide, and means adapted to retain the table-arm insliding relation to 'to said table, said table-arm extendingsaid guide,said table beingturnable over the exterior of sa d guide and being wlderthan said guide.

2. A table device comprising hollow and slotted guide means having anenlargement at its upper end, a table, a table-arm connected through theslot in said guide means and ciently to clear said enlargement whenbeing turned, the inner end of said table-arm hav ing an enlarged headwhich is slidably located within said guide means, said head beingturnable in saidenlargement and being non-turnable below saidenlargement, the widthi of said head exceedingitheoperative clearanceof, said guide means below'said enlargement, so thatthetablej-garm canbe turned when its head hasbeen slid into said enlarge-- inent whereuponit is prevented frond descending below said enlargement by V the excessavof the head over theclearance of said guidemeans, and meansad'aptedtolimit the turning of said arm so that said arm is held inoutwardly inclined relation to-said guide means. b I I .7

3..A table device compr sing hollow. and

slotted guide means having an enlarged oper ativeclearance space atitsupper' end,';a table,

a table-Varmconnected to said table,- said tablearm extending throughthe slot in said guide means, the inner end of said table-arm having anenlarged head adapted to be pivotally rotated within said enlargedclearance space,

said enlarged head beingv slida-bly located wvithin said guide means,being turnable in table arm into a slidable position with reference tothe guide means, so that the table with its" arm can be slid'into anunturnableupright position.- Y

, 4. Aturn-up table: comprising: an upright. standard having tubularslotted guidemeans, enlarged at the upper end in form ofa frontalprotuberance, a table, laterally extending beyond said guide means, atablearm reon-' nected to said table, extendingthrough the slot in theguide means and curved so asto ofi'setsaid tablesufliciently to cleanthe enlarged end portion of said guide means, the

inner end of said table-armfhaving an en'- largement in a frontaldirection, ad p fidto be pivotally rotated within saidprotuberance ofthe guide means, but not rotatable below the same, and means to limitthe turning radius ofthe arm and the table from an upright to ahorizontal position of the latter. In testimony thereof I have affixedmysignature. g KARL sPrrz.

